Theoretical Assumption Hypothesis INCREASING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT OF NEWS ITEM TEXT THROUGH JIGSAW TECHNIQUE AT THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF SMAN 1 PUNGGUR
8. Administering the posttest Posttest was used to evaluate the students’ reading comprehension
achievement after giving the treatments. The test was multiple choices that consist of thirty items and it was conducted for forty five minutes.
9. Analyzing the data Both of pretest and posttest results of the class were analyzed by using
Repeated Measures t-test to compare the data of the two means score Hatch and Farhady, 1982:108. The researcher analyzed the improvement
by comparing the scores of pretest and posttest from the experimental class. If the score of posttest is better than pretest, it means that there is a
progress of the students’ reading comprehension achievement.
10. Concluding the results After analyzing the results of both pretest and posttest, the conclusion was
drawn.
11. Reporting the results The results of this research were reported in the script including the
suggestion from the researcher.